{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/markets-and-fairs-clauses-act-1847/section-40",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/10-11/14",
  "legislation_title": "Markets And Fairs Clauses Act 1847",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/markets-and-fairs-clauses-act-1847",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Penalty for obstructing collector of rents, &c.",
  "text": "Every person who shall assault or obstruct any person authorized to collect any stallage, rent, or toll authorized by this or the special Act, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/14/section/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:31:17.701446+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}